"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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No two mics sound the same. In fact there may be
differences between mics of the same type from the
same maker. Charles Gerhardt, at RCA, had picked out
and written down the serial numbers of two Neumann
KM 83s which he said he preferred for solo acoustic
instruments, to any of the others.

Placement is almost as important as the choice of microphone.
The saxophone is quite a difficult instrument in that respect.


I'd have thought that placement was actually rather *more* important, along
with the acoustic environment. And if we are getting so anal as to start
trying to identify individual "preferred" mics from a type, how about
temperature? It'll affect the sound carrying properties of the air as well
as the degree of expansion and electrical resistance of the metal in the
microphone.

David.